• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:11am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 9 a.m. EDT on Monday.

World

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAQUBA - A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 policemen and wounded 25 others when he attacked their base in the volatile city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen stormed a house and killed three women and a man and wounded another, all from the same family, in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed one street cleaner and wounded another in a drive-by shooting in the western Mansour district of Baghdad, police said.

* SINIYA - A car bomb killed eight people and wounded 13 in the town of Siniya, near Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Two houses were demolished by the blast.

FALLUJA - Gunmen killed a policeman near the city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. The source added that security forces captured two suspected al Qaeda militants who were involved in the attack.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb in a bus terminal wounded four people in Bayaa district of southern Baghdad, police said.



More from Reuters

Photo

Accused 9/11 plotters may face NY "Guantanamo"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks wonder what conditions they might face when they are moved to New York from Guantanamo Bay for trial, they can expect solitary confinement, 23-hour-a-day lockdowns, constant video surveillance and almost no visitors.

Traders in the oil options pit work at the New York Mercantile Exchange, September 9, 2008.  REUTERS/Chip East

"More assumptions, more risk"

New oil and gas reserve rules were supposed to improve transparency, but the unforeseen consequences of the regulations could add a layer of uncertainty for investors.  Full Article 

The sun sets over the Mackenzie Delta near Inuvik, Northwest Territories November 11, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Jeffrey Jones

An Arctic economy in limbo

Beset by political and economic setbacks, one of the world's biggest pipeline projects is on hold, and it's unclear if the project will ever break ground.  Full Article